Publisher's Synopsis
In the first in a stunning new mystery series set in eighteenth-century England, Tessa Harris introduces Dr Thomas Silkstone, anatomist and pioneering forensic detective...The death of Lord Edward Crick has unleashed a torrent of gossip through the seedy taverns and elegant ballrooms of Oxfordshire. Few mourn the dissolute young man-except his sister, the beautiful Lady Lydia Farrell. When her husband comes under suspicion of murder, she seeks expert help from Dr Thomas Silkstone, a young anatomist and pioneering forensic detective from Philadelphia. Dr Silkstone came to England to study under the ageing Dr Carruthers, but his unconventional methods only add to Thomas's outsider status.
